News Tagged: Rare
News: Expect to See Much More Voice Recognition in Core Games
Everybody's as it
While we've pretty much all realised Kinect will not be able to give us a great hardcore experience, it can still play a part in core titles through voice recognition. Kinect engineer at Rare, David Quinn, told Gamasutra we can expect a lot more speech recognition in future core games. Talking about his experience on Kinect Sports.. Continue Reading »
News: More Kinect Sports: Season Two DLC Out Now
Ice to see you
Kinect Sports: Season Two keeps the downloadable content flowing, with the Midnight Mountain Ski Pack available on Xbox Live Marketplace now for 400 Microsoft Points. The pack adds three new slopes — Backwoods Blast, Pitch Black and After Hours — to take on under cover of darkness, with new Achievements and Challenges included too. You can queue it up right here. There's more DLC.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports: Season Two Golf DLC Out Next Week
Fore-hundred MSP
You can treat your caddy to some new sights next week, as Kinect Sports: Season Two is due to get nine new holes from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Maple Lakes golf pack launches on 20th December for 400 Microsoft Points, adding nine new holes alongside new Challenges and Achievements. On the same day the game will also get a free title update adding new features: you'll get email.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare Talks Kinect's Past Problems and Future Promise
Where is it going?
No matter what you make of Kinect's current games line-up or its future potential, you can't argue the past 12 months have been anything but fascinating: watching developers create new concepts to fit a button-free body-tracking control system, with all the success and struggle that brings with it. One studio that's been integral to Kinect so far is UK developer Rare, and its.. Continue Reading »
News: Free Kinect Sports Season Two DLC Out Now
Up your game
We're big fans of Kinect Sports: Season Two here at KINECTaku, especially now Rare's released some new downloadable content for free. Available on Xbox Live Marketplace today, the Kinect Sports: Season Two Challenge Pack #1 adds new modes to each sport: Crazy Kicker (American Football), Frantic Fielder (Baseball), Cool Ringings (Skiing), Champion Chip (Golf), Rapid Returner (Tennis).. Continue Reading »
News: Will This Advert Entice You to Buy Kinect Sports: Season Two?
Let's find out
We're not far away from Kinect Sports: Season Two, and Microsoft is getting ready to compete for the family game top spot in the charts. Microsoft UK is about to embark on a high-profile advertising campaign for the game, highlighting its new sports not included in last year's original, as well as some of its new uses of Kinect including voice commands and all-new gestures. The first.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare: "We Will Continue to Collaborate with Other Studios"
Kinect Sports Season Two is just the beginning, says Senior Studio Director
Rare's union with Kinect Joy Ride developer BigPark appears to have paid off handsomely if our recent hands-on preview of Kinect Sports Season Two is anything to go by, and according to Rare's Senior Studio Director Craig Duncan, it's going to be the first of many similar arrangements in the future. We sat down for a chat.. Continue Reading »
Hands On: Kinect Sports Season Two
We visit Rare's UK HQ to experience what could be this Christmas' biggest Kinect title
Given the incredible commercial and critical response to the original Kinect Sports, it was inevitable that a sequel of some description would occur. What was slightly less predictable was the news that the legendary British code house Rare would be co-developing a follow-up with Kinect Joy Ride studio BigPark.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports: Season Two - You Ask the Questions!
We want your input
Excited about Kinect Sports: Season Two's release later this year? Have burning questions for developer Rare that simply must be answered? Then we have the perfect situation for you. We'll be speaking with the creative minds behind development team Rare in the near future and want to arrive with a bundle of your questions. Want to know how a certain sport will work? Queries about.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports Baseball Hits the PAX Prime Plate
Batter up!
Microsoft showed off Kinect Sports: Season Two golf and darts at Gamescom, and at PAX Prime it's showing off another sport: baseball. The split-screen mode lets the batter and pitcher go head-to-head. If you're batting, you'll be able to aim your swing or bunt, and apparently even run and slide to steal bases, though we can't imagine that doing much good for your living room carpet.. Continue Reading »
News: Does This Kinect Sports: Season Two Trailer Score or Miss?
Balls and darts
Two of the new sports in Kinect Sports: Season Two are featured in a shiny new trailer below. Hopefully the tennis can improve on the slightly shaky motion controls in SEGA's Virtua Tennis 4, and let's face it: the darts can't be any worse than in the disastrous Game Party in Motion. Microsoft UK has announced a release date of 25th October for the game, which is a Tuesday, so this.. Continue Reading »
News: Which Football World Record is Related to Kinect Sports?
We have the answer
Microsoft's UK arm has done a bang-up job of publicising Kinect Sports with real-life athletes, from James DeGale to Graeme Swann, Amy Williams and Darius Knight. Who's the latest super-toned professional sportsman to team up with the game? It's Mark Lawrenson of course. The TV pundit — who still looks strange without a moustache — presided over a world record attempt by.. Continue Reading »
News: Summer Saturdays Serve Up Fun at Rough Trade East
Britain's top two female table tennis players kick it off with Kinect Sports
This past Saturday saw Kelly Sibley and Joanna Parker, the top ranked table tennis players in Britain, face off at London's Rough Trade East record and media store with Kinect Sports. The event launches Summer Saturdays, to run until 27th August, at which Rough Trade East invites customers to: Come down and enjoy.. Continue Reading »
News: Web Domains Point to Kinect Sports and Dance Central Sequels
Ding ding, round two
We're a few short hours from Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference and the rumours are flying in thick and fast. Twitter user Superannuation has unearthed a handful of domains registered by Microsoft that hint at some big announcements coming up. The domains discovered so far include: Kinect Sports: Season 2Kinect Fun LabsDance Central 2 Most of these domains have been.. Continue Reading »
News: Pro Boxer James DeGale Practises with Kinect Sports Boxing
Recently lost. Probably a coincidence.
As countless tired gamers can attest, Kinect Sports boxing is a tough workout, but it's so gruelling even professionals use it to keep their training interesting. Professional boxer James DeGale recently took media behind the scenes at his gym in Essex, where he revealed he loves nothing more than a bit of Kinect Sports boxing to keep him in shape. That said,.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: 10 Brand New Kinect Games To Be Announced at E3
Big sequels coming too
Hold onto your hats: the E3 2011 rumour mill is in full flow now. After we asked What Should Microsoft Do with Kinect at E3?, Eurogamer is reporting that at least 10 new games will be unveiled at the conference, not including several high profile sequels. According to Eurogamer's sources, the games "will not be obvious", which could of course mean anything. A.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: What Would You Want in Kinect Sports 2?
Share your sequel ideas
After six months and 27 games, for many gamers it's Rare's Kinect sports still getting the most play time as they strive to conquer world records, defeat new opponents or just have fun making the crowd perform Mexican waves. The whole game is a great demonstration of Kinect's abilities, and developer Rare would be foolish not to follow it up with a sequel. With that in mind,.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports Smashes 100m World Record Thanks to You
If you played, anyway
The centrepiece of last weekend's Xbox Live Nations event, in which everyone could access Xbox Live Gold services for free — somewhat ironic considering the ongoing PlayStation Network outages — was Saturday's world record attempt on Kinect Sports' 100m dash. The idea was to get as many online players as possible to participate in the sprint to break a Guinness World.. Continue Reading »
News: Burn Those Calories in New Kinect Sports DLC Next Week
Launches 29th April
Microsoft's doing its best to keep Kinect Sports in the disc trays of Xbox 360s everywhere, as it's set to launch brand new downloadable content for the game next week. The Calorie Challenge add-on launches on 29th April and containts a new mode where players will have to defeat opponents in the form of high calorie sneaks: Peppy Pizza, Supersonic Soda and more will all stand in.. Continue Reading »
News: This Kinect Sports Superstars Video is Tiring Even to Watch
Let's get sweaty
Yesterday Microsoft staged its Kinect Sports Superstars event, in which some of the UK's greatest sportsmen and women faced off on Rare's fantastic Kinect Sports to see who was better: legendary champions or London Olympics 2012 hopefuls. To let you into the competitive spirit Microsoft fired over some new footage showing the gruelling efforts of those taking part in the.. Continue Reading »
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